RBPB4 Lurker Thread

[T-hawk]

Any way to tell if that setting is on T-Hawk if sunrise is AFK?

I'm not sure, but plako said he checked and it is.

The reason for the specific rollback is to get to a turn where the problematic civ has already played but the turn hasn't ended. When a civ is kicked or retired into AI, the AI (running within the Pitboss executable server-side) immediately plays the turn. So we want to have the changeover point at a moment when the AI can't do anything. (Just in case anyone else is wondering.)

[Amelia]

Erm, firstly, i mean no disrespect or arguement with GES, who i believe is doing a job that everyone should be thankful to him for. With that...

In your opinion, is it the job of the admin to chase down a person if he doesn't appear in RB (through teamspeak and other sites), or does his job means if the person doesn't appear on RB, screw him?

[Krill]

Erm, firstly, i mean no disrespect or arguement with GES, who i believe is doing a job that everyone should be thankful to him for. With that...

In your opinion, is it the job of the admin to chase down a person if he doesn't appear in RB (through teamspeak and other sites), or does his job means if the person doesn't appear on RB, screw him?

Why is it you even ask a loaded question on a false dichtomy?

(Yes, I do appreciate the irony)

[Bruindane]

WarriorKnight should be told that his civ is at war (obvious at login) and moves after plako (not obvious).

[Gazzahk]

I am new to PB games and I am finding this one so interesting and instructive.

However, I wanted to contribute just another point of view about WarlordDR. I am not sure if he has left the game or has been thrown out. I believe I have read most of the threads and from what I can see it seems he queued some orders and didn't reply to a message or two. If he is being thrown out for that, it seems rather harsh. If the PB rules that were agreed state that eacdh player should press ENTER as soon as possible and queuing is NOT allowed and IF not replying to messages is forbidden then I guess the act of throwing him out would be right. If it's not like that, it may just be his playing style and as I said above it seems a bit harsh to throw him out. I have not noticed any other disruptive actions.

Anyway, as I say, I am new to all this and would love to get anyone's reactions to my current point of view.

Thanks and I hope I have not violated any rules - if so I apologise it was unintentional.

[Jowy]

He was thrown out when he left his settler exposed to plakos warrior. I think it would be too harsh had he moved that turn and made an honest mistake, but AFAIK he didn't play that turn at all (no queue or anything).

[Gold Ergo Sum]

WarriorKnight should be told that his civ is at war (obvious at login) and moves after plako (not obvious).

I've sent several PMs to WarriorKnight and he has been informed.

In your opinion, is it the job of the admin to chase down a person if he doesn't appear in RB (through teamspeak and other sites), or does his job means if the person doesn't appear on RB, screw him?

If it was only a failure to respond to attempts to contact him, the situation would be rather different.

In re Gazzahk:

1) WDr doesn't make any attempt to be a part of the Civ community here. He doesn't visit the forums, or check PMs.

2) He never even bothered to try to make a spoiler thread, which is disrespectful to the traditions of this community.

3) His attitude in diplomacy was definitely not of a character and decorum we expect around here.

4) He may or may not have queued build orders, but while at war, he has failed on more than one occasion to make necessary moves with units, creating a situation where his Civ was essentially being handed on a silver platter to plako. Mistakes are one thing, a failure to even bother is a totally different concern.

Any one thing wouldn't have sufficed, but taken together, there is no other choice to be made. And that list probably isn't exhaustive. Obviously, points 3 and 4 are the bulk of the reason why this move is being made, but points 1 & 2 certainly exacerbate the situation.

I think I was too patient with WDr honestly. There was some push to throw him out after the first plako diplomacy, and a case certainly could've been made at that point. I think I gave plenty of chances here.

[Ellimist]

Gazzahk:
Regoarrarr's posts where he claims to be reporting for warlord are pure fantasy, he has no contact with warlord out of game and hasn't met him yet in game. When Regoarrarr claimed that warlord had queued his moves/etc., he was just trying to come up with a plausible reason for why someone would deliberately miss turns.

[Gold Ergo Sum]

I told WarriorKnight I would try to answer questions for him since there is no spoiler thread for him to catch up, but I want to run it by you guys to make sure that I don't reveal more than WarlordDr would know.

WK asked:

1) plako has declared war on Greece before, do you know why?

2) Also since Greece apparently didn't put an e-mail up, has any diplomacy happened between them and plako? Or has it just been silence and wars of opportunity?

I am thinking I can write this:

1) plako was scouting around WarlordDr's capital and events led to a DoW, with the first war beginning on T22. WarlordDr offered an immediate peace which plako accepted. Thus far, no workers/settlers have been stolen and no chokes have taken place. As of now, there have not been any instances of combat between units.

2) There has been some in-game chat diplomacy, and the behavior of WarlordDr in that diplomacy is one of the numerous reasons he was subbed.

Thoughts?

[Cyneheard]

I would mention that this is the 2nd DOW, with the first one ending on T22.

And you can conclusively say that no combat has happened.